1950 Illinois Fighting Illini football team

1950 Illinois Fighting Illini football
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 13
Record	7–2 (7–2 Big Ten)
Head coach	Ray Eliot (9th season)
MVP	Tony Klimek
Captain	Bill Vohaska
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium

1950 Big Ten Conference football standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
No. 9 Michigan $	4	–	1	–	1			6	–	3	–	1
No. 14 Ohio State	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Wisconsin	5	–	2	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
No. 13 Illinois	4	–	2	–	0			7	–	2	–	0
Northwestern	3	–	3	–	0			6	–	3	–	0
Iowa	2	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Minnesota	1	–	4	–	1			1	–	7	–	1
Indiana	1	–	4	–	0			3	–	5	–	1
Purdue	1	–	4	–	0			2	–	7	–	0
$ – Conference champion Rankings from AP Poll

The 1950 Illinois Fighting Illini football team was an American football team that represented the University of Illinois during the 1950 Big Nine Conference football season. In their ninth year under head coach Ray Eliot, the Illini compiled a 7–2 record, finished in fourth place in the Big Ten Conference, and were ranked #13 in the final AP Poll. The lone setbacks were losses Wisconsin and Northwestern.^[1] End Tony Klimek was selected as the team's most valuable player.^[2]

Schedule

Date	Opponent	Rank	Site	Result	Attendance
September 30	Ohio*	No. 8	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	W 28–2
October 7	Wisconsin	No. 15	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	L 6–7	54,230
October 13	at UCLA*		Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Los Angeles, CA	W 14–6	45,619
October 21	No. 10 Washington*		Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL	W 20–13	35,930
October 28	No. 19 Indiana	No. 12	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (rivalry)	W 20–0	65,021
November 4	at Michigan	No. 10	Michigan Stadium Ann Arbor, MI (rivalry)	W 7–0	96,517–96,577
November 11	at Iowa	No. 10	Iowa Stadium Iowa City, IA	W 21–7	45,104
November 18	No. 1 Ohio State	No. 8	Memorial Stadium Champaign, IL (Illibuck Trophy)	W 14–7	71,119
November 25	at Northwestern	No. 6	Dyche Stadium Evanston, IL (rivalry)	L 7–14	50,000
*Non-conference game Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game

Players

• Charles E. "Chuck" Brown - guard (1st-team All-Big Ten pick by AP and UP)
• Johnny Karras - halfback (2nd-team All-Big Ten pick by AP and UP)
• Tony Klimek - end (1st-team All-Big Ten pick by AP and UP)
• Lynn Lynch - guard (2nd-team All-Big Ten pick by AP and UP)
• Dick Raklovits - halfback (1st-team All-Big Ten pick by AP and UP)
• Al Tate - tackle (1st-team All-America pick by Football Writers; 2nd-team All-Big Ten pick by AP and UP)
• Bill Vohaska - center (1st-team All-America pick by AP; 1st-team All-Big Ten pick by AP and UP)

References

1. "1950 Illinois Schedule and Results". SR/College Football. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
2. "Fighting Illini Football Record Book" (PDF). University of Illinois. 2015. p. 155. Retrieved December 28, 2016.